a method for reaching agreement about banking RDOs, particularly for employees employed on distant work or 'away from home' work. Often, these employees may accrue up to five rostered days off for the purpose of creating a bank to be drawn from by the employee at a mutually agreeable time between employer and employee.

What does rostered leave mean?

What are rostered days off? ... An RDO is a day usually falling between Monday to Friday (inclusive) which is allocated as a day off work to an employee in order to limit the total number of hours worked by that employee to that prescribed in the relevant award or agreement.

What if my rostered day off falls on a public holiday?

Normal sick leave rules apply for the time taken as sick leave and an employer can ask the employee for evidence that shows the reason they took the leave. If an employee is rostered to work on a public holiday on a day they don't normally work, and calls in sick, they don't get paid for that day.